Gallery: Gilbert Road Cambridge

Gilbert Road is a major cycling route, one particularly heavily used by children, but also by many others throughout the day. There are several schools in the area attended by about 2000 pupils. We urge the provision of proper, all-day cycle lanes.

All the pictures were taken in the space of 33 min on a Tuesday morning, between 8:22 am and 8:55 am.

For pictures of the the new red-mac ACL's one year later: http://www.cyclestreets.net/galleries/182/

Corner Gilbert Road with Guerney Way. Crossing from Gurney Way to the southern side of Gilbert Road (e.g. to travel to Chesterton Community College) can be difficult. The nearest crossing with traffic lights are at Milton Road and at the Ch ... [more]

The black car is legaly parked in a (non mandatory) cycle lane, just after a bus stop and only 100 yards from the entrance of a secondary school attended by about a thousand pupils (Chesterton Community College), so is the coach in the back ... [more]

One pupil's safety is another pupils' risk at Chesterton Community Collage. A car stopped right on the "END" sign of the cycle lane "to be legal". Other pupils have to cycle around the car in the main carriageway at an accident hot spot.

His children are now safe, inside Milton Road Primary School. The cyclists have to pass the car stationary in the cycle lane. The cyclists are being overtaken far too closely by impatient drivers who can't wait to get to the end of the tail ... [more]

Car obstructing cycle lane on Gilbert Road, opposite the side entrance to Milton Road Primary school. The entrance to Chesterton Community College is right beofore the white coach, which can be seen in the background, parking in the Gilbert ... [more]

At the Histon Road end, the Gilbert Road cycle lane is not obstructed by parking cars but queueing cars. Here the cyclist has to overtake the car to its right.
In this 5 min journey along Gilbert Road from Guerney Way to Histon Road: #21 ... [more]

She has parked her blue Citroen and is taking her 'staff for the day'. Then she walked off in south easterly direction (Centre / Mitchams Corner) and left her car in the cycle lane. This cycle lane obstruction has no place in Gilbert Road.
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